Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-25
GENERAL.

r. D. Lancaster, Surveyor of the port of
St Louis, has brought libel suits for $4,000
each against three New York and Cincinnati
newspapers for publishing Congressman
Glover's lettor to Senator Vest.
The marked activity in the movcmants of
the Anarchists Association in Omaha has cul-
minated in o plot which has just been exposed
to murder ]. A. Hospodsky, editor of the Bo-
hcmian paper, and Frank ]. Naper, q men,
Der of the City Council and Hospodsky's
partner. The attempt was melted by articles
which were published in the paper, the Mar
doni Listy, making fun of the anarchists gen
orally. and Mrs. Parsons, who spoke there re-
Gently in particular. On he night of the 9th,
it has been disclosed, seven anarchists went to
Hospodsky's house for the purpose of killing
him. Hospodsky was spending the night with
a sick friend and thus escaped his would-be
assassins. He has since been served with no.
tice to leave tho city on pain of death if he re-
fuses. He has appealed for police protection.
The striking Longshoremen and freight
handlers in New York and Jersey City returned
in large bodies to be reinstated in their old
places, but were in every instance informed
that their services were not required.
A committee of architects report the roof
of the Minnesota Capitol liable to fall at any
moment, and the Legislature has had to take
up temporary quarters in Market Hall.
In Boston the street-car strikers have
put on a line OF stages, which are well patron
lied, in competition with the South Boston and
Cambridge car-lines.
The $500 striking employees of the Hig-
gins Carpet Factory have esumed work.
The officials of British Columbia report a
marked decrease in the arrivals of Cinnamon,
owing to the imposition of $50 head money.
BY the burning of a barn at Detroit three
valuable trotters were burned. They we're
Flora B, record 2:.2411Sa, value s $1,000; Joe
Hooker, record 2:191155, value 81 ,7CO, and a g.
year-o!d filly valued at $500. The horses were
insured for 81, 800.
Mrs. Mary Ann Hayden, of Lincoln, has in
stituted suit against the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road Company for $4,000 for injuries re-
ceived in November, 1885, when she and her
carriage were precipitated over q high en-
bankment, made by cxcavating for the COM
pany's tracks, and which was not protected by
guards to prevent accident
Tho organization of the Western National
Bank of New York is announced with Secre-
tary Manning as President United States
Treasurer Jordan as Vice-President, and f,
Blankenboon as Cashier.
I contract for furnishing mahogany
doors and lumber for tho west and center
wings Of the state, war and navy departments
buildings has been awarded to tho Caraley g.
East Manufacturing Company of Chicago.
The Northwestern Lu,n6e7man prints the
following statistics as to the lumber trade for
the Northwest for 1856: "1he grand total OF
the white pine lumber product of the north
west for 1856 was 77,425, 36s, OCO feet This is
SIC, 600, COO feet in excess of the preceding
year, and only slightly short of total cut for
the years 1924. The greatest gains were
in the older milling districts. The grand total
Of the ehingle product of the Northwest was
4,517,5jl,t coo shingles, which is a larger show
ing than in any preceding year, Figures are
cited as showing that the maximum annual
umber product Of the white pine districts has
probably not yet been reached. The stock Of
lumber on hand at tbs close OF tho year il